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What’s Behind NRG’s Slow Rollout of EV Chargers in California?
What’s Behind NRG’s Slow Rollout of EV Chargers in California?
Only 10 percent of promised chargers have been installed so far.
Katherine Tweed
November 22, 2013
Electric-vehicle drivers may be waiting a while for the superhighway of charging stations that will eventually run up, down and across California.
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that only 10 percent of NRG Energy’s electric car chargers due for installation by December have been installed. Instead of more than 1,000 EV-ready parking spots, only 110 have been completed by NRG’s eVgo. There are plans for 10,000 parking spots equipped with charging stations by the end of 2016.
The plans came about when the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ordered NRG Energy Inc. to fund a $100 million network of charging stations for electric vehicles, with another $20 million for ratepayer relief. The deal was a way to settle claims against NRG’s predecessor Dynegy, which had failed to fulfill long-term power contracts during California’s 2001 power crisis.
There will be 200 eVgo Freedom Stations that will have both a level 2 240-volt charger and the high-speed, 480-volt chargers. They will mostly be located with easy access to the freeway. The commitment for the other 10,000 is not actual charging stations, but rather EV-ready parking lots with the electrical infrastructure to handle a level 2 charger.
“It’s the largest fast-charging infrastructure to be built in North America, so the scale is quite significant,” said Terry O’Day...
Only 10 percent of promised chargers have been installed so far.
Katherine Tweed
November 22, 2013
Electric-vehicle drivers may be waiting a while for the superhighway of charging stations that will eventually run up, down and across California.
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that only 10 percent of NRG Energy’s electric car chargers due for installation by December have been installed. Instead of more than 1,000 EV-ready parking spots, only 110 have been completed by NRG’s eVgo. There are plans for 10,000 parking spots equipped with charging stations by the end of 2016.
The plans came about when the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ordered NRG Energy Inc. to fund a $100 million network of charging stations for electric vehicles, with another $20 million for ratepayer relief. The deal was a way to settle claims against NRG’s predecessor Dynegy, which had failed to fulfill long-term power contracts during California’s 2001 power crisis.
There will be 200 eVgo Freedom Stations that will have both a level 2 240-volt charger and the high-speed, 480-volt chargers. They will mostly be located with easy access to the freeway. The commitment for the other 10,000 is not actual charging stations, but rather EV-ready parking lots with the electrical infrastructure to handle a level 2 charger.
“It’s the largest fast-charging infrastructure to be built in North America, so the scale is quite significant,” said Terry O’Day...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nrg-evgo-has-slow-start-on-california-ev-charging?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily